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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

BULLETIN No. 605 




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Contribution from the Forest Service 
HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester 




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Washington, D. C. 



PROFESSIONAL PAPER 



February 27, 1918 



LUMBER USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN 

PRODUCTS. 

By J. C. Nellis, Forest Examiner. 

The importance of the wood-working industries among the manu- 
facturing industries of the country is indicated by the fact that 
lumber- working plants, of all classes, consume annually 24 J billion 
feet of wood. This is about 60 per cent of the annual lumber pro- 
duction of approximately 40 billion feet. The material is mostly lum- 
ber, but includes comparatively small quantities of veneer, bolts, 
and dimension stock. 

This report presents statistics showing the average annual con- 
sumption of wood by the wood-working industries in the United 
States. The basic data were secured by a series of State wood-using 
industry studies. Those for the more important States have been 
published separately. Although the State studies were begun in 
1909 and were not completed until 1913, a period of 12 months was 
made the basis for the statistics for each State, and the final figures 
for the whole country here presented are therefore a very good average 
of the demand of each industry and the demand for each kind of 
wood. 

Lumber usually is remanufactured to a greater or less extent be- 
fore use, and in this report the product of the sawmill is not consid- 
ered. However, planing mills operated in connection with sawmills 
manufacture large quantities of flooring, ceiling, siding, finish and 
other patterns which really are finished products, and such material 
accordingly is covered by the statistics. 

About 40 per cent of the annual lumber cut is not worked by plan- 
ing mills or factories into finished products. About one-fifth of this 
(in normal times) is exported, while the rest is used in general build- 
ing and rough construction. Though all construction lumber re- 
quires cutting to length to make it fit into place, this industry was 
not considered by the studies, which canvassed only the wood-working 
factories. All imported woods used by factories are included in the 
statistics. 

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2 BULLETIN 605, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

The wood-using studies were intended to supplement the annual 
reports on the consumption of wood for lath, shingles, cooperage, 
veneer, pulp, distillation, poles, and ties, and these industries there- 
fore are not covered in this report. 

In the case of Louisiana, Arkansas, Minnesota, Montana, Idaho, 
Washington, and Oregon, the basis for compiling the figures for 
planing-mill products differs from the general plan of including only 
planing-mill patterns, in that nearly all dressed lumber, surfaced on 
from one to four sides, is also included in the figures for these States. 

Figure 1 shows graphically the comparative amounts used by each 
important industry in each State. 

Figure 2 shows graphically the comparative amounts of each im- 
portant wood used in each State. 

Table 1 gives detailed figures by industries and shows the amount 
of each kind of wood used by each industry. 

The scope of the statistics for the industries with titles that are 
not entirely descriptive is as follows: Planing-mill products cover 
standard patterns such as flooring, ceiling, and siding made in large 
quantities by planing mills in lumber-producing regions, while sash, 
doors, blinds, and millwork usually are made in millwork plants in 
the consuming regions. However, considerable quantities of doors 
and door stock are made in the Pacific Coast States. Boxes and 
crates cover all kinds of packing boxes and crates made of lumber 
or veneer, and also fruit and vegetable packages and baskets. Car 
construction covers wooden construction in all types of railroad and 
electric cars, as well as in locomotives and mine cars. Furniture 
includes household and office furniture, except chairs, kitchen furni- 
ture, and fixtures in business buildings. Vehicles take in horse 
vehicles, automobiles, bicycles, pushcarts, and wheelbarrows. Wood- 
enware and novelties embrace a thousand or more articles, such as 
kitchen utensils, wooden dishes, butter and cheese packages, meas- 
ures, pails, wooden novelties of all kinds, ladders, and supplies for 
dairymen, poulterers, and apiarists. Fixtures are such as show 
cases, counters, bars, and lodge and church furnishings. Shade and 
map rollers include also curtain and rug poles and Venetian blinds. 
Machine construction means wooden construction in machinery of 
all kinds. Shoe lasts, pegs, and shanks are boot and shoe findings. 
Four-sevenths of the wood used for professional and scientific instru- 
ments went for pencils, the rest for artists', photographers', and 
draftsmen's instruments, rules, and scientific apparatus. Billiard 
and pool tables, as well as gymnasium goods and all outdoor sporting 
goods, come under sporting and athletic goods. Mine equipment 
includes ventilating apparatus, brattices, breaker equipment, slope 
rollers, and sprags. Dowels are small rods used in fastening together 
furniture, fixtures, and doors. Under playground equipment come 
lawn swings and porch furniture. 



D. Of D. ; 
MAR 15 1918 



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w\ jX lumber used in manufacture of wooden products. 3 

The kinds of wood are classified according to rather broad com- 
mercial practice. The classification is practically the same as that 
used in the lumber census bulletins ; figures on the several species of 
each family or group are combined under the common name. 

Oak, maple, spruce, hemlock, birch, hickory, basswood, ash, elm, 
cedar, 1 willow, locust, and eucalyptus each covers its different species. 

Yellow pine includes the southern yellow pines, North Carolina 
pines, and minor eastern yellow pines. Western yellow pine is listed 
separately; trade names for it are western pine, western soft pine, 
and California white pine. 

White pine covers both northern and western (Idaho) white pine 
as well as Norway pine and jack pine. 

Cottonwood takes in the cottonwoods, aspen (or popple), and balm 
of Gilead. 

Tupelo includes cotton gum (called tupelo commercially), black 
gum, and water gum. 

Larch includes western larch and eastern tamarack. 

Mahogany covers all woods sold in this country as such. 

White fir includes the botanical white fir as well as grand and 
silver (amabilis) fir; the. other minor firs, noble, red, and alpine fir, 
usually sold as white fir, are listed separately. 

All other kinds of wood fisted are single species except that cypress, 
sycamore, cherry, dogwood, magnolia (cucumber, of the magnolia 
family, is shown separately), and buckeye are family names, but only 
one species of each is used commercially. Redwood sometimes 
includes lumber from the bigtree. The red-gum tree yields both 
commercial red and sap gum and both are covered herein by red gum. 

i Spanish cedar is listed separately. 



BULLETIN 605, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 




LEGEND 

1 PLANING MILL PRODUCTS, SASH". DOORS 
ANO GENERAL MILLWORK 

2 BOXES AND CRATES 

3 CAR CONSTRUCTION 

4 FURNITURE 

5 VEHICLES AND VEHICLE PARTS 

6 WOODENWARE AND NOVELTIES 

7 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS 

8 CHAIRS ANO CHAIR STOCK 

9 HANDLES 

10 MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 

11 ALL OTHER INDUSTRIES 

THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIES SHOWN SEPARATELY IN SOME 
STATES ARE INCLUDED IN 'ALL OTHER INDUSTRIES" IN 
THE LARGE SQUARE FOR THE US 

12 TANKS AND SILOS 

13 SHIP ANO BOAT BUILDING 

14 FIXTURES 

15 CASKETS AND COFFINS 

16 REFRIGERATORS AND KITCHEN CABINETS 

17 MATCHES AND TOOTHPICKS 

18 LAUNDRY APPLIANCES 

19 TRUNKS AND VAUSES 

20 BOOT AND SHOE FINDINGS 

21 SHUTTLES. SPOOLS AND BOBBINS 

22 SEWING MACHINES 




Fig. 1.— The annual consumption of wood by the 



LUMBER USED IN MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN PRODUCTS. 




SCALE 

ONE BILLION FEET BOARD MEASURE 
IS REPRESENTED BY THIS SQUARE 



NOVEMBER 1913 



wood manufacturing industries (by industries). 



BULLETIN 605, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 




1 YELLOW PINE 

2 WHITE PINE 

3 DOUGLAS FIR 
A OAK 

5 MAPLE 

6 SPRUCE 

7 RED GUM 

8 WEMLOCK 



10 CYPRESS 

11 W. YELLOW PINE 
irBlRCH 

13 HICKORY 

14 BASSWOOD 

15 COTTONWOOD 

16 CHESTNUT 

17 ASH 



9 YELLOW POPLAR 18 BEECH 

19 ALL OTHER KINDS OF WOOD 



THE FOLLOWING WOODS WHICH ARE IN- 
CLUDED IN THE U.S. SQUARE UNOER'ALL 
OTHER KINOS'ARE SHOWN SEPARATELY 
IN SOME STATES: 

24 CEOAR 

ZS SUGAR PINE 

26 BALSAM FIR 

27 LODGEPOLE PINE 



20 ELM 

21 TUPELO 

22 REOWOOO 

23 LARCH 



Fig. 2.— The annual consumption of wood by the 



LUMBER USED IN MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN PRODUCTS. 




SCALE 
ONE BILLION FEET BOARD MEASURE 
IS REPRESENTED BY THIS SQUARE 



v£M0ER 1913 



wood manufacturing industries (by kinds of wood). 



8 BULLETIN 605, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

Table 1. — Quantity of each kind of wood used annually 



Industry. 



Kind of wood. 



Total. 



Yellow pine. 



"White pine. 



Douglas fir. 



All industries. 



Planing-mill products, sash, doors, blinds, and 
general millwork. 

Boxes and crates 

Car construction 

Furniture 

Vehicles and vehicle parts 



Woodenware, novelties, and dairymen's, poulter- 
ers', and apiarists' supplies. 

Agricultural implements 

Chairs and chair stock 

Handles 

Musical instruments 



Tanks and silos 

Ship and boat building 

Fixtures 

Caskets and coffins 

Refrigerators and kitchen cabinets. 



Matches and toothpicks 

Laundry appliances 

Shade and map rollers 

Paving material and conduits . 
Trunks and valises 



Machine construction 

Boot and shoe findings 

Picture frames and molding... 
Shuttles, spools, and bobbins. 
Tobacco boxes 



Sewing machines 

Pumps and wood pipe 

Pulleys and conveyors 

Professional and scientific instruments. 
Toys 



Gates and fencing 

Sporting and athletic goods. 

Patterns and flasks 

Bungs and faucets 

Plumbers' woodwork 



Electrical machinery and apparatus . 

Mine equipment 

Brushes 

D owels 

Elevators 



Saddles and harness 

Playground equipment 

Butchers' blocks and skewers. 

Clocks 

Signs and supplies 



Printing material 

Weighing apparatus 

Whips, canes, and umbrella sticks. 

Brooms and carpet sweepers 

Firearms 



Artificial limbs. 
Tobacco pipes.. 
Airplanes 



Feet b. m. 
24,576,556,564 

13,428,862,066 

4,550,016,430 

1,262,090,371 

944,677,807 

739,144,483 

405,286,436 

321,239,336 
289, 790, 560 
280,234,571 
260,195,026 

225,619,686 
199,598,228 
187, 132, 848 
153,394,557 
137,616,266 

85,442,111 
79,502,040 
79,291,575 
76,067,000 
74,667,997 

69,459,430 
66,240,200 
65,477,783 
65,148,190 
64,127,476 

59,946,527 
55,826,938 
35,862,900 
35,070,928 
28,926,552 

27,450,540 
25,191,907 
24,299,403 
21,112,342 
20,313,450 

18,188,910 
16,987,697 
12,878,986 
11,980,500 
10,018,680 

9,218,000 
9,064,812 
8,197,050 
7,894,249 
6,888,366 

5,324,794 
5,021,550 
4,946,880 
2,277,334 
2,093,901 

687,080 

489,515 

74,300 



Feet b. m. 
1,610,685,624 

6,447,780,805 

1,044,993,123 

678,114,162 

18,926,400 

31,205,478 

18,566,406 

98,453,396 

20,000 

67,000 

2,107,994 

41,291,700 
65,698,652 
11,612,365 
11,970,650 
7,872,931 



1,397,000 

1,150,000 

65,092,000 

15,277,990 

22,461,088 

"5," 498," 666' 



Feet b. m. 
3,112,698,017 

1,543,345,756 

1,131,969,940 

75,382,166 

9,332,808 

1,675,277 

47,744,797 

8,243,440 

815,068 

25,500 

9,394,820 

17,007,600 
14,256,006 

4,864,150 
33,170,942 

8,613,186 

73,059,611 
3,026,870 

61,450,000 
1,850,000 
7,299,500 

5,405,405 



Feet b. m. 
2,273,788,484 

1,991,177,352 

7,349,840 

86,544,784 

11,387,790 

930, 610 

2,005,175 

2,537,250 

65,000 

247, 200 

480,400 

89,705,322 

44,342,081 

5,512,310 

6,000 

543,600 



184,500 
3,000,000 
3,500,000 



5,812,300 
130,000 
199,425 



985,100 
'"*6,"666 



65,000 
373,230 
250,000 

46,600 



6,765,000 

943,000 

1,951,447 



262,250 

1,264,900 
1,263,000 



3,622,868 



1,448,012 



926,571 
428,856 

337,000 
1,180,750 



12,524,000 

285,000 

601,670 

2,367,131 

3,883,500 

805,300 

17,854,635 

287,000 

786,500 

3,022,700 

239,000 

75,000 

25,000 

1,692,450 

10,000 

42,000 

200,000 

476,064 

3,266,950 

11,550 
168,000 



21,351,480 

129,000 

30,000 



805,000 
85,000 
54,090 



138,000 



415,200 

130,500 
1,000 



36,000 
*i62*96(V 



LUMBER USED IN MANUFACTURE OP WOODEN PRODUCTS. 

in the manufacture of wooden products. 



Kind of wood — Continued. 


Oak. 


Maple. 


Spruce. 


Red gum. 


Hemlock. 


Yellow 
poplar. 


Cypress. 


Western 
yellow 
pine. 


Birch. 


Feet b. m. 
1,983,584,491 

501,367,772 

56,362,111 
305,276,814 
431,053,289 
212,918,361 

7,716,860 

69, 346, 130 

135,269,118 

12,458,472 

20,638,480 

5,042,401 
32,382,311 
62,681,744 

7, 544, 255 
31,351,521 


Feet b. m. 
919,420,274 

317,634,231 

96,831,648 

5, 789, 298 

87,571,456 

35,863,267 

38,255,880 

48,319,210 
47,264,747 
41,238,446 
45,482,775 

200,000 

1,014,167 

20,701,026 

110,000 
6, 375, 242 

1,200,000 

14,219,000 

879, 925 


Feet b. m. 
805,050,195 

350,528,295 

335,935,643 

8,799,060 

2, 270, 500 

835, 650 

28,591,148 

2,623,500 

10,000 

18,000 

29, 144, 150 

10,233,500 
7, 783, 980 
2,016,816 
1,700,000 
5, 555, 690 

750,000 
2,301,000 
7, 063, COO 


Feet b. m. 
797,343,658 

121,366,583 

102,121,640 

1,035,640 

102,237,867 

26, 650, 314 

8,358,296 

11,976,000 
8, 790, 280 
6, 654, 300 
9, 243, 825 

1,085,000 

164,000 

5,491,170 

7,010,520 

13, 483, 400 


Feet b. m. 
708,752,769 

442,050,165 

203,526,091 

12,455,379 

7,053,446 

448,678 

2, 136, 522 

1,257,400 
216,000 
500,000 
615,600 

1,777,000 
4, 745, 775 
473, 300 
1,985,000 
6,934,872 


Feet b. m. 
680,936, 848 

236,047,697 

165,416,737 
32,439,064 
53, 374, 580 
48, 665, 960 

7,278,889 

12,412,300 

1,140,000 

211,900 

40,371,925 

240,000 

448,077 

14,574,881 

9, 640, 860 

5, 985, 729 

500,000 

1, 026, 200 

326,000 


Feet b.m. 
668,353,342 

508,728,575 

38, 962, 895 
1,676,400 
3,477,800 
1,320,951 

8,693,450 

2,682,000 


Feet b. m. 
563,816,810 

264,920,778 

288,291,927 

4, 242, 500 

1,806,985 

182,300 

262,500 

219,000 
30,000 


Feet b. m. 
481,293,680 

133,867,989 

90, 787, 900 

5, 830, 429 

54,677,450 

14, 227, 125 

29, 547, 890 

4,704,000 

30,114,332 

9, 908, 250 


122,000 
70,000 

35, 408, 575 
5,014,741 
3, 364, 550 

19,157,633 
1,700,500 




12,349,055 


127,000 
518, 500 
961, 720 
543,500 
50,000 




1,055,167 

15,255,129 

191,000 

3, 628, 106 

3,575,000 

3,876,500 

93,000 


427, 500 
294,000 


3,395,000 
2,065,200 


1,300,000 


15,321,300 
20,000 


5,000 






4,500 

8,295,864 

3,000 

16,043,423 

39,000 

403,200 

19,106,250 
565,800 

7,343,500 
372, 100 

1,444,057 

2,640,700 

2,497,559 

182, 200 

250,000 

14,031,200 

4,936,000 

4, 826, 472 

90,900 

77,000 

956,200 

1,248,000 
2, 576, 800 

12,000 
2,637,027 

12,000 

272, 100 

158,000 

20,000 

405,000 


5,047,000 

3, 597, 981 

54,050,000 

309, 150 

13,531,450 

96,450 

324,148 
1,706,000 
2,436,000 
4, 425, 167 
3, 964, 400 

140,000 
4,913,815 
118,150 
854,900 
388, 300 

1,190,650 
949, 200 
1,911,897 
1,354,500 
1, 562, 262 

1,450,500 
854,000 

2,145,050 

80,000 

101,500 

703, 786 

451,000 

1,101,100 

564,500 


1,759,850 
729,775 


1,783,005 
206,500 


7,000,000 
3, 268, 191 


2, 988, 500 

2, 2C8, 577 
190,000 

2, 158, 814 
701,000 

7, 358, 919 

8,039,244 
1,974,000 

400,000 
1,001,400 

882,000 

5,000 

970, 200 

344, 330 

18,010,000 

819,000 

561, 700 

86,500 

282,265 


1,275,000 
15,868,405 


361,000 
2.000 


71,500 

470,406 
7,483,000 
3,133,700 


325,000 


7,675,040 

270,000 

6,898,270 

20,774,280 

3,089,628 

19,677,500 

75,500 

523,000 




451,000 








3«, 192, 000 






1,559,027 










206,000 
55,500 

745, 000 
1,062,050 
3,123,950 






2,055,000 

3,000 

23,000 

150,000 

681,040 

166,000 

74,000 




177,000 

16,000 

1,300 

1,071,000 
191,800 
478, 238 
110,000 


200.000 


5,000 
8,000 


241,000 

5,152,000 
180,600 
580,600 


33,000 


300,000 
983,233 


150,000 

1,000 

325,000 

416,000 

202,500 

250, 100 

284, 800 

15,000 


136, 500 
1,200 


7,000 
305,000 




25,000 
201,000 


2, 404, 500 
804,200 


1, 980, 700 


257, 600 
2, 328, 750 






336,075 
1,913,000 




30,000 


7,000 
90,000 
10,000 

1,400 






8,149,000 


73,000 


1,003,800 


334,600 

22,200 
85,000 


10,000 


28,000 
10,000 


1,078,500 
30,000 

1,750,000 

37, 000 

200,000 

15,000 


100,000 






147,500 








240,000 






1,085,000 
100,600 

150,000 
73,000 






52,044 


10,000 


1,060,000 


30,000 

30,000 
500 


1,000,000 


242, 209 


1,820,000 


5,000 




675, 0C0 


20,000 
110,000 
345,000 




580,000 












530, 500 
















147,100 












353,000 






12,000 










2,000 


3,500 




46,600 




4,200 





















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10 BULLETIN 605, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

Table 1. — Quantity of each kind of wood used annually 



Industry. 



Kind of wood. 



Hickory. Basswood. Cottonwood. Chestnut 



All industries . 



Planing-mill products, sash, doors, blinds, and 

general millwork 

Boxes and crates 

Car construction 

Furniture 

Vehicles and vehicle parts 



Woodenware, novelties, and dairymen's, poulter- 
ers' , and apiarists' supplies 

Agricultural implements 

Chairs and chair stock 

Handles 

Musical instruments 



Tanks and silos 

Ship and boat building 

Fixtures 

Caskets and coffins 

Refrigerators and kitchen cabinets. 



Matches and toothpicks 

Laundry appliances 

Shade and map rollers 

Paving material and conduits. 
Trunks and valises 



Machine construction 

Boot and shoe findings 

Picture frames and molding . . 
Shuttles, spools, and bobbins. 
Tobacco boxes 



Sewing machines 

Pumps and wood pipe 

Pulleys and conveyors 

Professional and scientific instruments . 
Toys 



Gates and fencing 

Sporting and athletic goods. 

Patterns and flasks 

Bungs and faucets 

Plumbers' woodwork 



Electrical machinery and apparatus . 

Mine equipment 

Brushes 

Dowels 

Elevators 



Saddles and harness 

Playground equipment 

Butchers' blocks and skewers . 

Clocks 

Signs and supplies 



Printing material 

Weighing apparatus 

Whips, canes, and umbrella sticks. 

Brooms and carpet sweepers 

Firearms 



Artificial limbs. 
Tobacco pipes.. 
Airplanes 



Feet 6. m. 
389,604,531 



2,489,288 

767, 920 

1,226,706 

843, 600 

239,491,910 



1,567,011 

9,860,470 

1, 192, 200 

120, 294, 466 

225 



110, 195 
26,000 



150,000 



2,500 

"i73,766 

1, 113, 135 

25,000 

10,000 

872,000 



Feet b. m. 
369,640,782 



60,557,122 
86, 979, 611 

5,148,521 
33, 146, 276 

6,418,308 



58,563,923 
7,861,750 
1, 758, 338 
2,285,885 

10,968,180 

5,000 

959,000 

7,114,755 

2,728,038 

5,221,634 

5,575,000 

4,980,670 

702,500 



Feet b. m. 
322,642,796 



21,428,700 

210,519,509 

3,037,468 

5,158,309 

33,278,658 



13,315,296 

15,143,000 

126, 000 

27,000 

2,351,000 



14,026 

1,553,351 

555, 000 

4,420,322 

375,000 
7,991,500 



925,000 
'97i,"332 



21,164,406 

1,155,403 
3,599,200 
20, 340, 700 
1, 947, 000 
4, 206, 250 

310,000 



1,973,325 

293,000 
5,000 
1,000 

175,000 
6,750 

326, 912 



600 
4,944,000 



6,000 



625,000 
2,619,070 
8,739,242 

50,000 
318, 600 
123,500 



42,000 

170 

257,000 



60,000 



816,363 

125, 000 

30,500 

100 

12,800 

100, 000 

1,310,000 



245,000 
299,000 



7,500 



758,300 

167,500 

10,000 

52,000 



50, 000 
5,000 



46,000 



20,500 

84,666 



1, 415, 000 
100, 000 

352,600 
35,000 
32,500 



100, 000 



40,010 



1,000 



2,000 



Feet b. m. 
298,849,801 



82, 267, 497 
36, 216, 700 

825,074 
44,734,180 

972,809 



20, 853, 100 

884,000 

5, 240, 630 

10,000 

38, 125, 141 

15,000 

751, 295 

8,039,595 

46,586,629 

1,508,753 



20,500 
460,000 



562,500 

272,375 

i,'3i4,'650 

540,000 



120, 000 
367, 000 
966, 268 

5,121,500 
222, 000 
175,200 



114,000 

112, 700 

854, 405 

31,500 



19,000 



290,000 
255,800 



LUMBER USED IN MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN PRODUCTS. 11 

in the manufacture of wooden products — Continued. 



Kind of wood— Continued. 


Ash. 


Beech. 


Elm. 


Tupelo. 


Redwood. 


Larch. 


Cedar. 


Sugar pine. 


Balsam fir. 


Feet b. m. 
295, 461, 482 

21,304,374 
10,507,308 
18, 163, 433 
15,668,588 
43,974,668 

62, 635, 800 
10, 677, 400 

2,765,050 
64,156,872 

2,377,332 

866,000 

7,985,554 

2, 783, 822 

20,000 

• 19,066,380 


Feet 6. m. 
278,203,632 

58,394,284 
77,899,280 

1, 873, 700 
21, 163, 204 

5, 497, 743 

14,101,553 

4, 968, 490 

27,187,621 

16, 691, 207 

4,186,000 

150,000 

219,366 

1,109,000 


Feet b. m. 
218,200,988 

6,218,860 
63, 726, 458 

1,221,121 
12, 154, 102 
31, 296, 922 

16,383,426 
7,249,000 

23,157,586 
3,060,307 

15,602,440 

15,000 

706,600 

6,368,275 


Feet 6. m. 
127,958,309 

17,003,448 

74,982,910 

114, 168 

2,529,000 

1,067,600 

5,366,900 

1,140,000 

191,000 


Feet b. m. 
122,326,779 

92,759,519 

2,439,500 

120,000 

355, 250 

259,000 

3,208,150 
200,500 


Feet 6. m. 
114,029,275 

88,484,081 

7,470,300 

1,537,669 

154,000 


Feet b. m. 
102,248,253 

45,187,611 

2,512,150 

339, 487 

1, 856, 100 

2,500 

6, 405, 470 


Feet b. m. 
59,211,298 

31,795,077 

24,686,000 

61,328 

375,510 

6,000 

419,063 
50,000 


Feet b. m. 
53,262,030 

10, 863, 300 

40, 173, 700 

700, 750 


1,000 
586,880 


416, 700 
100,000 


34,500 












460,000 

20,000 
138, 490 
248, 000 
500,000 

39,500 


286,200 

8,124,938 

837,500 

1,074,710 

1,782,000 

161,000 




17,500 

4,549,400 

.6,999,722 

977, 345 

5,901,718 


1,004,400 

10, 750 
200,500 
206,650 


101, 400 


9,745,000 

328,525 

2,000 








787,000 


13,046,100 


56,000 




710,000 


407, 500 
4,867,000 

5,000 
100, 000 

6,000 

100 




111,500 
161, 150 


9,580,000 
362,000 


1,365,000 


3,842,000 
1,006,000 
1,050,000 


13,000 
2,000 




2,000 
30,000 


100,000 






4,475,000 




534, 435 
1,404,362 


520,000 

711,000 

445,000 

1,200,595 

3,523,500 


6, 409, 286 

831,000 

2,000 

43, 000 




11,000 
4,000 


25,000 


27,500 


58,500 








281,845 
437,000 


240,000 

250,000 

10,376,217 

■2,200,000 

529,500 

639,000 

12,000 

5,000 


47,632 






2,730 










1,809,000 


61,000 

16,000 
9,117,500 




246,750 
















975,500 
512, 100 
123, 600 
895,300 

700 

3, 180, 000 

35,000 


52,500 
1,976,000 
1,259,600 
3,221,506 


20,000 

200,000 

200 

2,042,055 

155,000 

3,226,750 

40,000 


512,000 














31,220 




20,050,000 


23,500 


i 






133,000 


48,000 


465,500 

222,500 

265, 400 

30,000 






212,000 

10,500 

850,000 


20,000 
500 






1,033,200 
2,000 




294,350 








536,000 

87,000 
43, 425 
36, 400 
29,000 
145,700 

2,103,000 

180,000 

20,000 


55,666 

463,000 

8,800 

187,000 

175,000 

68,500 

276,000 
334,000 






1 


425,000 
1,195,525 
6, 378, 894 
1,834,000 






700,000 


735,000 






3,589,760 
1,000 












24,000 
18,000 


3,440 










15,000 

20,000 
1,000 


36,000 




15,000 
10,000 




2,658,600 

3,083,500 

920, 000 

9,714 




























322,816 














200,000 
84,200 


147,460 
20,000 




20,000 






391,000 

5,900 

30, 000 

236, 984 


289,900 

335, 000 

2,822,500 

98,350 


10,000 
























2,000 




































































12,000 



































12 BULLETIN 605, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 

Table 1. — Quantity of each hind of wood used annually 





Kind of wood. 


Industry. 


Mahogany. 


Spanish 
cedar. 


Sycamore. 


Black 
walnut. 


All industries 


Feet b. m. 
50,575.999 

7,336,932 

13,000 

5,986,198 

15,637,125 

516,399 

72,305 

500 

2, 455, 700 

29, 000 
8,610,355 


Feet b. m. 
30,323,441 

8,123 


Feet b. m. 
26,052,812 

1, 723, 550 
16,451,693 


Feetb. vn. 
23,988,346 

4,606,420 
163,250 
256, 181 

1,689,957 
390, 450 

38,547 

8,000 

263, 200 

29, 050 

4,991,808 


Planing-mill products, sash, doors, blinds, and 
general millwork 


Boxes and crates 


Car construction 




Furniture 


2,500 
500 

10,000 


1,474,882 
62,600 

607, 500 
290, 000 
971,344 
156, 000 
304, 600 


Vehicles and vehicle parts 


Woodenware, novelties, and dairymen's, poulter- 
ers', and apiarists' supplies 


Agricultural implements 


Chairs and chair stock 




Handles 




Musical instruments 


7,750 


Tanks and silos 


Ship and boat building 


1,190,192 

5, 527, 819 

1,528,294 

6,800 


27, 300 


38, 000 
713,000 


3,750 
660, 635 
474,000 


Fixtures 


Caskets and coffins 


300 


Refrigerators and kitchen cabinets. . 


340,000 








Laundry appliances 






2,000 
202,000 


20,000 
2.000 


Shade and map rollers 


5,000 








Trunks and valises 


500 

5,885 




5,000 




Machine construction 




10,817 








Picture frames and molding 


171,200 




30,000 


125, 004 






Tobacco boxes 


161,200 

91,878 


30,203,068 


430,000 
150,000 


7,796,815 


Sewing machines 


Pumps and wood pipe . . . 














Professional and scientific instruments 


84,862 






71,200 


Toys 




91,343 










Sporting and athletic goods 


100,000 
271,659 


31, 500 
31,400 


30,500 


41,000 
21,500 
56, 000 
10,300 

452,600 


Patterns and flasks 


Bungs and faucets 




Plumbers' woodwork 


127,000 
- 301,700 






Electrical machinery and apparatus 












Brushes 


35,300 


1,000 


74,300 


26,700 




Elevators 


1,000 








Saddles and harness 




34,500 












Butchers' blocks and skewers. . 






1,600,000 




Clocks 


204, 196 




58,527 


Signs and supplies. . . 






Printing material . 


48,500 

4,000 

15,000 

30,500 








Weighing apparatus 








Whips, canes, and umbrella sticks 






20,000 

500 

1,700,135 


Brooms and carpet sweepers 




270,000 


Firearms 






















Airplanes . . 


6,000 

















LUMBER USED IN MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN PRODUCTS. 13 

in the manufacture of wooden products — Continued . 



Kind of wood — Continued. 


Cherry. 


White fir. 


Willow. 


Dogwood. 


Noble fir. 


Magnolia. 


Buckeye. 


Persim- 
mon. 


Cucumber. 


Feet b. m. 
12,047,210 

1,674,235 
170, 500 

1, 965, 570 

622, 530 

39, 650 

62, 350 
300 

56, 000 
617, 500 
334, 180 

500 

184, 976 

2,231,750 

33,000 

7,500 


Feet b. m. 
11, 338, 580 

8. 162, 250 
3,142,080 


Feet b. m. 
10,664,770 

266,000 
10,004,600 


Feet b.m. 
7,518,177 

6,000 


Feet b. m. 
6, 653, 500 


Feet b. ra, 
6, 156, 500 

116, 900 
5,449,000 


Feet b.m. 
5,486,047 

694, 400 
3,174,028 


Feet b. m. 
3,571,760 


Feet b. m. 
2, 660, 700 

1,415,800 
524,000 


6, 653, 500 












40, 000 






477, 100 
9,500 


415,000 
63,419 

83,700 


35, 000 


16,000 


3,000 
31, 250 






3,800 


128,000 


34 






650,000 
1,100 


























19,000 


190, 230 








7,000 










6,000 




















1,000 
150,000 










! 








27,000 


10,000 
207, 500 














20,000 
































2,000 
2,000 












125, 000 
















































415,000 






60,500 

25,000 

10,000 

5,000 




























413,000 














214,000 


20,000 






7, 060, 425 






2,909,760 










75,000 








































L 














10, 000 


732, 750 
2,000 






31,200 








































600 
165, 594 


1 


6,000 








206,000 




1 






3,000 






1 












92, 400 
27,800 






































147, 288 
9,000 
1,000 












488, 900 
10,000 








2,000 




1,000 














































15,000 






67,000 


























300,000 




























75,000 






2,089,625 
7,500 

















































































10,000 




56, 170 






• 










































1 


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14 BULLETIN 605, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

Table 1. — Quantity of each kind of wood used annually 





Kind of wood. 


Industry. 


Butternut. 


Red alder. 


Lodgepole 
pine. 


Red fir. 


All industries 


Feet b. m. 
2,310,793 

231,700 

578,000 

1,300 

593, 500 

11,500 

159,000 

10,000 

20,546 

2,000 

98, 100 


Feet b. m. 
2,248,700 

436,000 


Feet 6. m. 
1,979,500 

969,500 


Feet b. m. 
1,854,830 

524,000 
1,328,330 


Planing-mill products, sash, doors, blinds, and 
general millwork 


Boxes and crates 


Car construction 




1,000,000 
1,000 
8,000 


Furniture 


792,500 


2,500 


Vehicles and vehicle parts 


Woodenware, novelties, and dairymen's, poulter- 
ers', and apiarists' supplies 


20,000 




Agricultural implements 






Chairs and chair stock 


625,000 
361,700 






Handles 






Musical instruments 






Tanks and silos 








Ship and boat building 


78,237 

393, 600 

16,000 








Fixtures 








Caskets and coffins 




1,000 




Refrigerators and kitchen cabinets 


























Shade and map rollers 


5,000 








Paving material and conduits 








Trunks and valises 










Machine construction 


5,000 


































































Pulleys and conveyors 


10,000 
30, 000 
10,000 


5,500 






Professional and scientific instruments 














Gates and fencing 


















Patterns and flasks ' 


42,710 
14,600 








Bungs and faucets 








Plumbers' woodwork 








Electrical machinery and apparatus 








































Elevators 










Saddles and harness 




8,000 






Playground equipment 








Butchers' blocks and skewers 




















Signs and supplies 










Printing material 










Weighing apparatus 










Whips, canes, and umbrella sticks 










Brooms and carpet sweepers 




















Artificial limbs 









































LUMBER USED IN MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN PRODUCTS. 15 

in the manufacture of wooden products — Continued. 



Kind of wood — Continued. 


Circassian 
walnut. 


Padouk. 


Hack- 
berry. 


Lignum- 
vitae. 


Teak. 


West 

Indian 

boxwood. 


Alpine 
fir. 


Locust. 


Horn- 
beam. 


Feet b. m. 
1, 744, 779 

740,212 


Feet b. m. 
1, 386, 530 

333,792 


Feet b. m. 
1, 128, 000 

441,000 
315, 000 


Feet b. m. 
952, 126 


Feet 6. m. 
926,969 

114,245 


Feet b. m. 
870, 412 


Feet b. m. 
780,000 

270,000 
500, 000 


Feet b. m. 
639, 228 

220,000 


Feet b. m. 
608, 484 

19,000 






1,300 

452, 040 

16,820 

14,857 


723, 063 

230,100 

1,000 




31, 000 
1,690 








70,000 
100,000 

150, 000 


593, 663 






2,000 
110, 350 

50,500 


15,000 
126,000 






1,000 




2,100 


10,000 


10,000 






1,200 


8,300 


3,000 


















1,500 




37, 556 
70, 328 




4,000 


415, 500 


268, 415 


























25,000 

99,050 

5,000 

500 


8,375 
85,000 




10, 631 

785 


764, 309 
1,125 






215, 028 
1,000 




6,000 
































































100 








2,000 
















































961 








2,500 


100 
















7,000 


























103,440 








250 
























































72, 300 
37,236 


















1,000 


653, 848 






































25,000 






234, 050 


10,000 
1,600 










1,600 








500 


































13,400 














2,000 
31, 350 
















21, 684 




600 








3,140 










































46,000 










































































































































20,500 
47,035 






































































































1 



16 BULLETIN 605, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

Table 1. — Quantity of each hind of wood used annually 



Industry. 



Kind of wood. 



Ebony. 



Osage 
orange. 



Rose- 
wood. 



Prima 
vera. 



Sassafras. 



All industries . 



Planing-mill products, sash, doors, blinds, and 

general millwork 

Boxes and crates 

Car construction 

Furniture 

Vehicles and vehicle parts 



Feet b. m. 
528,812 

50,600 



Feet b. m, 
520,076 



Feet b. m. 
471,734 

6,100 



Feet b. m, 
380,568 

121,973 



Feetb.m. 
360, 268 

336,000 



5,450 



Woodenware, novelties, and dairymen's, poulter- 
ers', and apiarists' supplies 

Agricultural implements 

Chairs and chair stock 

Handles 

Musical instruments 



1,045 



30,000 

1,000 

439,026 



50,000 



37,000 

15, 280 

1,100 



3,613 



25,350 
67,500 



4,664 
60,373 



Tanks and silos 

Ship and boat building 

Fixtures 

Caskets and coffins 

Refrigerators and kitchen cabinets . 



Matches and toothpicks 

Laundry appliances 

Shade and map rollers 

Paving material and conduits . 
Trunks and valises 



1,800 



Machine construction 

Boot and shoe findings 

Picture frames and molding. . 
Shuttles, spools, and bobbins. 
Tobacco boxes 



1,330 



Sewing machines 

Pumps and wood pipe 

Pulleys and conveyors 

Professional and scientific instruments . 
Toys 



500 



15,456 
49,645 



4,300 



50 



1,600 
52,925 



31,750 
129,595 



1,000 



100 



2,420 



100 



219,353 



12,000 



1,500 



50 

10,000 

718 



Gates and fencing 

Sporting and athletic goods. 

Patterns and flasks 

Bungs and faucets 

Plumbers' woodwork 



189,000 



24,400 



Electrical machinery and apparatus . 

Mine equipment 

Brushes 

Dowels 

Elevators 



10,642 
1,000 

2,260 



10, 100 



12,050 



Saddles and harness 

Playground equipment 

Butchers' blocks and skewers. 

Clocks 

Signs and supplies 



290 



Printing material 

Weighing apparatus 

Whips, canes, and umbrella sticks I 194, 150 

Brooms and carpet sweepers J 

Firearms 



Artificial limbs. 
Tobacco pipes. . 
Airplanes 



9,800 



5,500 



10,000 



LUMBER USED IN" MANUFACTURE OF WOODEN PRODUCTS. 17 

in the manufacture of wooden products — Continued. 



Kind of wood — Continued. 


Eucalyp- 
tus. 


Apple- 
wood. 


Coco- 
bola. 


Yucca. 


Holly. 


Laurel. 


Satin- 
wood. 


Koko. 


Turkish 
box- 
wood. 


Miscel- 
laneous 
foreign. 


Miscel- 
laneous 
native. 


Feet b. m. 
338,800 

4,200 


Feet b.m. 
320,935 


Feet b.m. 
279, 400 


Feet b.m. 
172,300 

60,000 
3,500 


Feet b.m. 
86,680 

500 


Feet b.m. 
72,400 

1,600 


Feet b.m. 
67,958 

34,000 


Feet b.m. 
32,600 


Feet b.m. 
29,189 


Feet b.m. 
630,345 

106,125 


Feet b.m. 
432, 158 

261,750 


13,800 








101,308 










288 
22,070 


32,000 




46,666 

46,580 

330 


5,500 
40,950 


500 
1,000 






100 


13,600 




15, 650 










8,000 

12,450 
10,000 


2,400 


69,000 


60,000 


4,200 








10,000 
































156, 400 


210,000 












225 
25 


985 
625 




1,000 




3,580 




5,100 


















273,050 
100 


1,500 


200 






47,500 
500 








20,500 
17, 000 


1,000 






1,000 
5,000 


500 






























































































100 


















































4,000 




























































2,250 

40 

36,600 




















1,575 












































300 










































25,000 


64,800 


































































1,500 






























































































































2,000 




21,000 




500 






1,000 
























































































































































1,000 














33 








































25,600 


30 














5,000 






















1,731 












39, 800 










30,000 
322, 280 






121,435 














22,000 











































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